7. And I have prophesied as I have been commanded, and there is a noise, as I am prophesying, and lo, a rushing, and draw near do the bones, bone unto its bone.
8. And I beheld, and lo, on them [are] sinews, and flesh hath come up, and cover them doth skin over above--and spirit there is none in them.
9. And He saith unto me: `Prophesy unto the Spirit, prophesy, son of man, and thou hast said unto the Spirit: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: From the four winds come in, O Spirit, and breathe on these slain, and they do live.'
10. And I have prophesied as He commanded me, and the Spirit cometh into them, and they live, and stand on their feet--a very very great force.
11. And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.
12. Therefore, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am opening your graves, And have brought you up out of your graves, O My people, And brought you in unto the land of Israel.
13. And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In My opening your graves, And in My bringing you up out of your graves, O My people.
14. And I have given My Spirit in you, and ye have lived, And I have caused you to rest on your land, And ye have known that I Jehovah, I have spoken, and I have done [it], An affirmation of Jehovah.'
15. And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
16. `And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions; and take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, his companions,
17. and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand.
18. `And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these [are] to thee?